SAVR outcomes: a benchmarking perspective

June 7, 2024

Dr. Vinod Thourani

Aortic Highlights 2024

Prof. Ralph von Bardeleben

Aortic Highlights, 2024

Dr. Forcillo

Aortic Highlights course, 2023

Prof. Marjan Jahangiri

MVT Aortic 2022, Vol.2

– Plan well, plan ahead, and keep the patient’s best interests in mind.

– Be sure you keep detailed notes during the first SAVR procedure.

– To avoid coronary artery obstruction, it may be worth avoiding SAVR valves where the leaflets are externally wrapped around the struts.

Dr. Vinod Thourani

Be courageous, be experienced, be ethical … according to the Guidelines!

Prof. Michael Borger

Be courageous, be experienced, be ethical … according to the Guidelines!

Dr. Mark Hall

MVT Aortic 2021

Leon, Martin B., et al., Journal of the American College of Cardiology (2021) DOI:10.1016/j.jacc.2020.12.052

Aim

Report 2-year findings from PARTNER 3, emphasizing the clinical outcomes from 1 to 2 years and using new standardized definitions of hemodynamic valve deterioration and bioprosthetic valve failure

Methods

  • 1000 patients randomly assigned (1:1) to transfemoral TAVR with SAPIEN 3 vs. SAVR
  • Mean STS score: 1.9%; mean age: 73 years
  • Primary endpoint: composite of death from any cause, all stroke or cardiovascular rehospitalization at 1 year

Results

Conclusions

  • The 2-year follow-up from the PARTNER 3 low-risk trial showed continued superiority of the primary endpoint favoring TAVR versus surgery, but more frequent deaths, strokes, and valve thrombosis events in the TAVR group between 1 and 2 years
  • Disease-specific health status at 2 years was better after TAVR than surgery
  • Echocardiographic findings through 2 years indicated stable valve hemodynamics and no differences in valve durability parameters

Key talking points

Is there a trend for similar outcomes after TAVR and surgery?
Primary endpoint remained significantly lower with TAVR vs. SAVR, yet the differences in death and stroke have greatly diminished at 2 years. It must be noted that 3 of the 7 deaths occurring between 1- and 2-year follow-up in the TAVR arm were of noncardiac origin (cancer, suicide and sepsis), and 3 of the 6 strokes were disabling. This more granular data points to similar rates of event between year 1 and2 for TAVR and SAVR.

Why was valve thrombosis higher in TAVR patients?
75% of the patients with clinical events committee-adjudicated valve thrombosis were asymptomatic. A computed tomography substudy is running in parallel with the PARTNER 3 trial, increasing awareness on hemodynamic changes and inflating the frequency of valve thrombosis events. The consequences at long term remain uncertain.

Is TAVR the treatment of choice in low-risk patients?
Results of the PARTNER 3 trial are not applicable to all patients at low surgical risk. Exclusion criteria such as bicuspid aortic valves, severe coronary artery disease, concomitant valve disease or vascular disease precluding transfemoral access limit application of these results in these cohorts. Longer follow-up is also needed to assess valve’s durability in younger patients with severe AS.

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